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Player’s Handbook
You inscribe a harmful glyph either on a surface (such as a section of floor or wall) or within an object that can be closed (such as a book or chest). The glyph can cover an area no larger than 10
minutes, after which time the spell ends. Each creature in the Sphere when the glyph activates is targeted by its effect, as is a creature that enters the Sphere for the first time on a turn or ends
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
62,000 XP (124,000 XP total) for defeating the dragon turtle after its Blessing of the Sea activates.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon turtle fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed
nests in a recessed shelf along the back wall, where the creature can gaze down at the hoard scattered across the chamber floor. Although the lair is mostly flooded with seawater, a layer of breathable
Glyph of Warding
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
When you cast this spell, you inscribe a glyph that later unleashes a magical effect. You inscribe it either on a surface (such as a table or a section of floor or wall) or within an object that can
trigger so the spell activates only under certain circumstances or according to physical characteristics (such as height or weight), creature kind (for example, the ward could be set to affect aberrations
Symbol
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When you cast this spell, you inscribe a harmful glyph either on a surface (such as a section of floor, a wall, or a table) or within an object that can be closed to conceal the glyph (such as a book
60-foot-radius sphere with dim light for 10 minutes, after which time the spell ends. Each creature in the sphere when the glyph activates is targeted by its effect, as is a creature that enters the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
machinery is repaired. The iron lever set into the western wall is normally in the “down” position. Moving it to the “up” position activates the trap and raises the elevator. Sliding it back down
west wall is a steel plate that has an iron lever protruding downward. See the diagram below. The shaft (area K31a) descends 90 feet from here to area K61, and ascends 40 feet to area K31b. Another 40
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
machinery is repaired. The iron lever set into the western wall is normally in the “down” position. Moving it to the “up” position activates the trap and raises the elevator. Sliding it back down
west wall is a steel plate that has an iron lever protruding downward. See the diagram below. The shaft (area K31a) descends 90 feet from here to area K61, and ascends 40 feet to area K31b. Another 40
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
feet high, and the caves are lit by continual flame spells cast on wall sconces. T1. Watchtowers Three of these rickety structures stand in a line running west to east, and each is 20 feet tall. Sentry
defenders. As a bonus action, Y’demi or the spectator can make the kites attack intruders. Damaging an inert kite also activates it, as does attacking the line of entrails that attaches the kite to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
feet high, and the caves are lit by continual flame spells cast on wall sconces. T1. Watchtowers Three of these rickety structures stand in a line running west to east, and each is 20 feet tall. Sentry
defenders. As a bonus action, Y’demi or the spectator can make the kites attack intruders. Damaging an inert kite also activates it, as does attacking the line of entrails that attaches the kite to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
each hour or half hour. Other means of subterfuge such as illusions, climbing along the walls, or using flying or levitation magic automatically avoid detection, but invisibility of any kind activates
magical wards placed by derro savants to guard against duergar intrusion. When a ward activates in response to the presence of an invisible creature, nearby derro fly into a frenzy, creating a chaotic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
rests against one wall, and an immense crystal lens is embedded in the ceiling.
Xonthal used this chamber for making observations of the starry sky. The ladder is for reaching the ceiling-mounted lens
hourglass-shaped key that allows access to the dungeon level of the tower. Touching the key to the hourglass symbol on any teleport circle control panel activates the circle for a jump to the teleport circle in area 14.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
each hour or half hour. Other means of subterfuge such as illusions, climbing along the walls, or using flying or levitation magic automatically avoid detection, but invisibility of any kind activates
magical wards placed by derro savants to guard against duergar intrusion. When a ward activates in response to the presence of an invisible creature, nearby derro fly into a frenzy, creating a chaotic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
rests against one wall, and an immense crystal lens is embedded in the ceiling.
Xonthal used this chamber for making observations of the starry sky. The ladder is for reaching the ceiling-mounted lens
hourglass-shaped key that allows access to the dungeon level of the tower. Touching the key to the hourglass symbol on any teleport circle control panel activates the circle for a jump to the teleport circle in area 14.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
rests against one wall, and an immense crystal lens is embedded in the ceiling.
Xonthal used this chamber for making observations of the starry sky. The ladder is for reaching the ceiling-mounted lens
hourglass-shaped key that allows access to the dungeon level of the tower. Touching the key to the hourglass symbol on any teleport circle control panel activates the circle for a jump to the teleport circle in area 14.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
rests against one wall, and an immense crystal lens is embedded in the ceiling.
Xonthal used this chamber for making observations of the starry sky. The ladder is for reaching the ceiling-mounted lens
hourglass-shaped key that allows access to the dungeon level of the tower. Touching the key to the hourglass symbol on any teleport circle control panel activates the circle for a jump to the teleport circle in area 14.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
sharply from north to south. The entrance to the tomb is a door on the eastern wall at the bottom of the slope, at the south end of the hall. Trigger. This trap activates as soon as the door leading to
. Trigger. This trap activates as soon as a non-undead creature enters the hallway, and it remains active while any non-undead creature is within the hall. Initiative. The trap acts on initiative count 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
wall activates the suits of armor. Both suits of armor are mechanical traps, each one activated by a pressure plate hidden in the floor in front of its alcove. A character who searches for traps in one
on horseback, their finer features faded beyond recognition.
Dust floats in the air here. At each end of the south wall, a staircase rises into darkness. Between the staircases are twin alcoves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
wall activates the suits of armor. Both suits of armor are mechanical traps, each one activated by a pressure plate hidden in the floor in front of its alcove. A character who searches for traps in one
on horseback, their finer features faded beyond recognition.
Dust floats in the air here. At each end of the south wall, a staircase rises into darkness. Between the staircases are twin alcoves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
sharply from north to south. The entrance to the tomb is a door on the eastern wall at the bottom of the slope, at the south end of the hall. Trigger. This trap activates as soon as the door leading to
. Trigger. This trap activates as soon as a non-undead creature enters the hallway, and it remains active while any non-undead creature is within the hall. Initiative. The trap acts on initiative count 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
24 Intelligence (Investigation) check. Wall of Fire. When the glyph of warding spell activates or is dispelled, a magical wall of fire springs up at the south end of the hallway, setting the black
wall sconce at the far end of the hall. Mounted below it is a bronze plaque that bears a warning in Common: “Behold the fate of those who defy me!”
The torch remains lit and doesn’t burn down as long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
24 Intelligence (Investigation) check. Wall of Fire. When the glyph of warding spell activates or is dispelled, a magical wall of fire springs up at the south end of the hallway, setting the black
wall sconce at the far end of the hall. Mounted below it is a bronze plaque that bears a warning in Common: “Behold the fate of those who defy me!”
The torch remains lit and doesn’t burn down as long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
largest of them is an 80-foot-tall robed giant, his arms outstretched and his face hidden beneath a stony cowl, facing a glowing archway in the east wall. Kneeling in rows to each side of this statue
) check find two secret doors behind the frost that covers the west wall. These slabs of stone are 40 feet tall by 20 feet wide, and each pushes open to reveal a chamber beyond (area 5A or 5B). Each secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
largest of them is an 80-foot-tall robed giant, his arms outstretched and his face hidden beneath a stony cowl, facing a glowing archway in the east wall. Kneeling in rows to each side of this statue
) check find two secret doors behind the frost that covers the west wall. These slabs of stone are 40 feet tall by 20 feet wide, and each pushes open to reveal a chamber beyond (area 5A or 5B). Each secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
seeing into areas 38B and 38C, it won’t pull the lever. Iron Lever. The lever protrudes from a vertical slot cut into the northwest wall. It rests in the up position. Pulling the lever down activates
into the wall. The south wall is sloped and has a large rectangular window five feet wide by seven feet high. The window looks into a hallway, through a rectangular hole in the hallway floor, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
seeing into areas 38B and 38C, it won’t pull the lever. Iron Lever. The lever protrudes from a vertical slot cut into the northwest wall. It rests in the up position. Pulling the lever down activates
into the wall. The south wall is sloped and has a large rectangular window five feet wide by seven feet high. The window looks into a hallway, through a rectangular hole in the hallway floor, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
invisibly through that area. Harshnag is unaware of this trap and can’t warn the party about it. When the trap activates, walls of stone (created by wall of stone spells) seal off the archways along the
. A fissure in the back wall of the center room on the west side leads to a network of natural tunnels (area 9). This hallway contains a magical trap, and a detect magic spell can reveal certain clues
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
rests open atop a wooden lectern bolted to the floor. Set into the wall behind the lectern are eight human skeletons, arranged so that they appear to be falling and screaming.
The skeletons are
bearing one line of the poem. The book is open to pages 4 and 5 when the characters first arrive. Hidden in the leg of the lectern, on the side facing the east wall, is a secret compartment that can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
rests open atop a wooden lectern bolted to the floor. Set into the wall behind the lectern are eight human skeletons, arranged so that they appear to be falling and screaming.
The skeletons are
bearing one line of the poem. The book is open to pages 4 and 5 when the characters first arrive. Hidden in the leg of the lectern, on the side facing the east wall, is a secret compartment that can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
invisibly through that area. Harshnag is unaware of this trap and can’t warn the party about it. When the trap activates, walls of stone (created by wall of stone spells) seal off the archways along the
. A fissure in the back wall of the center room on the west side leads to a network of natural tunnels (area 9). This hallway contains a magical trap, and a detect magic spell can reveal certain clues
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
activates when the golem enters the room. If the golem does so, read the following boxed text aloud: A glyph appears on the golem and illuminates, and at the same time the scene on the west wall of
adorn the ceiling. The west wall bears a carving of a beautiful scene of a river and rolling hills inside a stone frame etched with symbols.
The carving of the river scene is a portal to Elysium that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
activates when the golem enters the room. If the golem does so, read the following boxed text aloud: A glyph appears on the golem and illuminates, and at the same time the scene on the west wall of
adorn the ceiling. The west wall bears a carving of a beautiful scene of a river and rolling hills inside a stone frame etched with symbols.
The carving of the river scene is a portal to Elysium that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
dispelled or triggered
You inscribe a harmful glyph either on a surface (such as a section of floor or wall) or within an object that can be closed (such as a book or chest). The glyph can cover an area
Light for 10 minutes, after which time the spell ends. Each creature in the Sphere when the glyph activates is targeted by its effect, as is a creature that enters the Sphere for the first time on a turn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
triggered When you cast this spell, you inscribe a glyph that later unleashes a magical effect. You inscribe it either on a surface (such as a table or a section of floor or wall) or within an object
the trigger so the spell activates only under certain circumstances or according to physical characteristics (such as height or weight), creature kind (for example, the ward could be set to affect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
sword rack. At the end of the middle hall is a pedestal shaped like a bird’s upraised talon holding a silver orb. The wall at the end of the leftmost hall is molded into the shape of a large skull
successful DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check, a character can spot the pressure plate that activates the talons through a narrow slit on the east side of the pedestal. A character can disable the pressure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
dispelled or triggered
You inscribe a harmful glyph either on a surface (such as a section of floor or wall) or within an object that can be closed (such as a book or chest). The glyph can cover an area
Light for 10 minutes, after which time the spell ends. Each creature in the Sphere when the glyph activates is targeted by its effect, as is a creature that enters the Sphere for the first time on a turn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, with chairs and couches arranged for conversation. On the west wall hangs a large painting of a forest. A fireplace crackles along the east wall. Above the mantel hangs a painting of two figures, one of
rectangular dining table that has a silver place setting at the head of it. On the east wall hangs a large painting of an opulent banquet.
The dining table can easily seat six people, but the chair that